after yet another summer of swimming lessons

Maesyn wants to take a few more lessons this summer in "Sarah's Pool" but just have free time. I think she wants to show off her moves!
The kids made tons of progress this year. We just did 4 weeks of 2 days per week lessons and practiced a lot.
I really want them to be strong swimmers.
Last year Maesyn was a pretty good swimmer, jumping off the diving board and swimming in the deep end.
This year she is doing more dives and flips off the board, improving her strokes and picking up stuff from the bottom of the pool (something she told me earlier this summer that she would NEVER do!)
Last year Jake was just getting started.
Today he was able to swim across the width of the pool on his own. He insisted on doing it with his head out of the water most of the way, and that made him go slower, but he is always proud of himself when he does it.
He also picks stuff up from the bottom of the pool with help and jumps off the diving board with his noodle.
Next year I think they will both be quite proficient by the end of the summer and we will have a new one to teach!
It is so amazing to watch them learn new things!

More on Arizona Fall

In Arizona you can swim well into October. I think my mom even invited kids over to swim after Thanksgiving dinner last year. Kids are more likely to swim in cold water than I am. In the hottest part of the year my in laws pool will be over 95 degrees and you don't really get a refreshing swim. My parent's pool has a deep end and tends to stay cooler in the hot part of the year. Now that our evenings are cooling down into the 80's the pool has been a bit cooler. Nate said it probably feels like summer pools in other parts of the country - where in the summer it actually drops back into double digits after dark.

Personally I'm done with swimming- but my kids still want to go. I'll see how many more months they will spend in the pool. I do know that people start swimming lessons in April here though. (it is still too cold for me- but my kids don't really mind).

Swimmer

Both Maesyn and Jake have spent a lot of time in the water this summer. Both took swimming lessons. Here is a picture of Maesyn in her goggles and a video of her jumping off the diving board and swimming.

Jakie has been learning to swim as well- he just wanted to hold onto his grandpa during this photo shoot- maybe later i'll get some good shots of him.

and here is one more of maes. she thinks it is so FUN.